Chapter 3 Flashcards
Contralateral
Different side
Ipsilateral
Same side
Sagittal section
Cross section parallel to the neuroaxis and perpendicular to the ground.
Dura mater
Outermost meninges
Tough and flexible
Arachnoid membrane
Middle layer of meninges
Pia mater
Lowest layer of meninges
Clings to the surface of the brain.
Thin and delicate
Subarachnoid space
The space full of cerebrospinal fluid that is between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater
Cerebral aqueduct
A narrow tube that connects the third and fourth ventricles
Center of the mesencephalon
Choroid plexus
Vascular tissue that protrudes unit the ventricles and produces CSF
Arachnoid granulation
Small projections of the arachnoid membrane through the dura mater into the superior Sagittal sinus
CSF flows through and is reabsorbed into the bloodstream.